1. Sui, Tang, and Song China Review

2. Han Dynasty -Han falls in 220 AD -Next three hundred years filled with chaotic transition * Over thirty dynasties rise and fall

3. Sui Dynasty (581-618) Sui Wendi Accomplishments of Dynasties: ◦Rebuilt parts of the Great Wall ◦Completion of the Grand Canal Emperor assassinated and Sui Dynasty came to an end

4. Tang Dynasty (618-907) Tang Taizong Wu Zhao Accomplishments of Dynasties: – reinstated the civil service exam – Create stable economy – Expand roads, canals, etc – Expand empire into Manchuria, Vietnam, and Korea Northern tribal group overthrew the dynasty

5. Song Dynasty Manchurian people, the Jurchen, conquered Northern China and established their own empire Song rulers established a new capital at Hangzhou Song dynasty was known as the “Golden Age.” (innovations in rice cultivation, mechanical clock, movable type, gun powder, etc.